# Peteris Skorovs: Patent Examiner \| Digging deep into patents, tech \& data\.

> Patent Examiner \| Digging deep into patents, tech \& data\.

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## Pages
- [About Me](https://peteris.skorovs.com/about-me/): I am a patent examiner with a background in biomedical engineering and medical physics, and more than 20 years of experience examining patent applications in medical technology\.
- [Home](https://peteris.skorovs.com/): Patent Examiner \| Digging deep into patents, tech \& data\.
- [Blog](https://peteris.skorovs.com/blog/): My blog is dedicated to technology, innovation and intellectual property rights\.
- [Contact Me](https://peteris.skorovs.com/contact-me/)
- [Beyond IP](https://peteris.skorovs.com/beyond-ip/): I have a wide range of personal interests and pursuits, probably too many\. However, my true passion is trail and ultra running\.

## Posts
- [Rubik’s Cube Patents](https://peteris.skorovs.com/historical-patents/rubik-s-cube-patents/): Almost everybody knows the Rubik’s Cube\. It is not only widely recognised as the best puzzle toy ever made, but it is also one of the best\-sold toys worldwide\. The Rubik’s Cube was patented in Hungary\. However it had obtained almost no patent protection abroad\.
- [Minox Patents](https://peteris.skorovs.com/historical-patents/minox-patents/): Minox is the world's most famous subminiature camera, which was invented by Walter Zapp and originally manufactured by Valsts elektrotehniskā fabrika \(VEF\) in Riga, Latvia\. The Walter Zapp's invention was protected by more than 80 patents in 24 countries\.
- [20 December 1978](https://peteris.skorovs.com/on-this-day/20-december-1978/): On 20 December 1978, the first European patent application was published as EP 0 000 001 A1\.
- [5 January 1858](https://peteris.skorovs.com/on-this-day/5-january-1858/): On 5 January 1858, Ezra Warner received US Patent No\. 19,063 for an “Instrument for opening cans”, often cited as the first US can opener\.
- [6 January 1970](https://peteris.skorovs.com/on-this-day/6-january-1970/): On 6 January 1970, Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake received US Patent No\. 3,487,800 for a “Wind\-propelled apparatus“, the windsurfing board\.

## Categories
- [On This Day](https://peteris.skorovs.com/on-this-day/)
- [Historical Patents](https://peteris.skorovs.com/historical-patents/)

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